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   <div class="book bkDEU">
      <div class="chapter ch3" data-usfm="DEU.3">
         <div class="label">3</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Defeat of Og King of Bashan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="DEU.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Next we turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan with his whole army marched out to meet us in battle at Edrei. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to me, &#8220;Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="DEU.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="DEU.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his army. We struck them down, leaving no survivors. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="DEU.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">At that time we took all his cities. There was not one of the sixty cities that we did not take from them&#8212;the whole region of Argob, Og&#8217;s kingdom in Bashan. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="DEU.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">All these cities were fortified with high walls and with gates and bars, and there were also a great many unwalled villages. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="DEU.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We completely destroyed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> them, as we had done with Sihon king of Heshbon, destroying</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:6 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them.</span></span></span><span class="content"> every city&#8212;men, women and children. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But all the livestock and the plunder from their cities we carried off for ourselves.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="DEU.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="DEU.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So at that time we took from these two kings of the Amorites the territory east of the Jordan, from the Arnon Gorge as far as Mount Hermon. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="DEU.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">(Hermon is called Sirion by the Sidonians; the Amorites call it Senir.) </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="DEU.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">We took all the towns on the plateau, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salekah and Edrei, towns of Og&#8217;s kingdom in Bashan. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">(Og king of Bashan was the last of the Rephaites. His bed was decorated with iron and was more than nine cubits long and four cubits wide.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 14 feet long and 6 feet wide or about 4 meters long and 1.8 meters wide</span></span></span><span class="content"> It is still in Rabbah of the Ammonites.)</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Division of the Land</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="DEU.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="DEU.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Of the land that we took over at that time, I gave the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory north of Aroer by the Arnon Gorge, including half the hill country of Gilead, together with its towns. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="DEU.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The rest of Gilead and also all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (The whole region of Argob in Bashan used to be known as a land of the Rephaites. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="DEU.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, took the whole region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maakathites; it was named after him, so that to this day Bashan is called Havvoth Jair.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:14 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">called the settlements of Jair</span></span></span><span class="content">) </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="DEU.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And I gave Gilead to Makir. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="DEU.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory extending from Gilead down to the Arnon Gorge (the middle of the gorge being the border) and out to the Jabbok River, which is the border of the Ammonites. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Its western border was the Jordan in the Arabah, from Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (that is, the Dead Sea), below the slopes of Pisgah.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="DEU.3.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="DEU.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">I commanded you at that time: &#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has given you this land to take possession of it. But all your able-bodied men, armed for battle, must cross over ahead of the other Israelites. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="DEU.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">However, your wives, your children and your livestock (I know you have much livestock) may stay in the towns I have given you, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">until the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> gives rest to your fellow Israelites as he has to you, and they too have taken over the land that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God is giving them across the Jordan. After that, each of you may go back to the possession I have given you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Moses Forbidden to Cross the Jordan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="DEU.3.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="DEU.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">At that time I commanded Joshua: &#8220;You have seen with your own eyes all that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God has done to these two kings. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will do the same to all the kingdoms over there where you are going. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not be afraid of them; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God himself will fight for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="DEU.3.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="DEU.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">At that time I pleaded with the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="DEU.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do? </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan&#8212;that fine hill country and Lebanon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="DEU.3.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="DEU.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">But because of you the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was angry with me and would not listen to me. &#8220;That is enough,&#8221; the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said. &#8220;Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="DEU.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Go up to the top of Pisgah and look west and north and south and east. Look at the land with your own eyes, since you are not going to cross this Jordan. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="DEU.3.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he will lead this people across and will cause them to inherit the land that you will see.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="DEU.3.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkPSA">
      <div class="chapter ch85" data-usfm="PSA.85">
         <div class="label">85</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 85</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 85:1-13 is numbered 85:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, showed favor to your land;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="content">you restored the fortunes of Jacob.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.85.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You forgave the iniquity of your people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="content">and covered all their sins.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">85:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.85.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You set aside all your wrath</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="content">and turned from your fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.85.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Restore us again, God our Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="content">and put away your displeasure toward us.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.85.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Will you be angry with us forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="content">Will you prolong your anger through all generations?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.85.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Will you not revive us again,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="content">that your people may rejoice in you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.85.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Show us your unfailing love, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="content">and grant us your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.85.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will listen to what God the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">he promises peace to his people, his faithful servants&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">but let them not turn to folly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.85.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="content">that his glory may dwell in our land.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.85.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Love and faithfulness meet together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="content">righteousness and peace kiss each other.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.85.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Faithfulness springs forth from the earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="content">and righteousness looks down from heaven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.85.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will indeed give what is good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="content">and our land will yield its harvest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.85.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.85.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Righteousness goes before him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.85.13"><span class="content">and prepares the way for his steps.</span></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkISA">
      <div class="chapter ch31" data-usfm="ISA.31">
         <div class="label">31</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">who rely on horses,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">who trust in the multitude of their chariots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">and in the great strength of their horsemen,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">but do not look to the Holy One of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">or seek help from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ISA.31.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">he does not take back his words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">He will rise up against that wicked nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">against those who help evildoers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ISA.31.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the Egyptians are mere mortals and not God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">their horses are flesh and not spirit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">When the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> stretches out his hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">those who help will stumble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">those who are helped will fall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">all will perish together.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ISA.31.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to me:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">&#8220;As a lion growls,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">a great lion over its prey&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">and though a whole band of shepherds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">is called together against it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">it is not frightened by their shouts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">or disturbed by their clamor&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">so the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will come down</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ISA.31.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Like birds hovering overhead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will shield Jerusalem;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">he will shield it and deliver it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">he will &#8216;pass over&#8217; it and will rescue it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ISA.31.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ISA.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Return, you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted against. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">For in that day every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold your sinful hands have made.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ISA.31.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Assyria will fall by no human sword;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">a sword, not of mortals, will devour them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">They will flee before the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">and their young men will be put to forced labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ISA.31.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Their stronghold will fall because of terror;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">at the sight of the battle standard their commanders will panic,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">whose fire is in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ISA.31.9"><span class="content">whose furnace is in Jerusalem.</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
   <div class="book bkREV">
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prologue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who testifies to everything he saw&#8212;that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Greetings and Doxology</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">John,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">To the seven churches in the province of Asia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> before his throne, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="content">To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father&#8212;to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look, he is coming with the clouds,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Daniel 7:13</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and &#8220;every eye will see him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">even those who pierced him&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and all peoples on earth &#8220;will mourn because of him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">So shall it be! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the Alpha and the Omega,&#8221; says the Lord God, &#8220;who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Vision of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the Lord&#8217;s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">which said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">See Daniel 7:13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">messengers</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.</span></span></span></div>
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